he was the second longest serving senator in u.s. history. >>> a loudoun county police dog who ch was missing since last friday has been found. bronco the german shepherd ran away while on a visit to the groomer. the sheriff's deputy put out an alert and several people called to say they spotted him. he was found on ivan dale road in the county and is said to be okay but he still might need a visit to the groomers. >>> coming up, no shortage of hotel rooms available for next month's inauguration but it may not be that way for long. we'll explain when 9news now returns in two minutes. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. happy christmas eve to all. howard is here to tell us the forecast. >> it will be a nice quiet morning. if you need to run out to the store and battle the shoppers, no real issues here in the morning. it's the afternoon where we could have a few problems. one, it will be wet here in the metro. north and west of town, cold enough for snow or sleet to mix in but not cold enough for it to really stick to everythi